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Cnidium officinale is included in Umbelliferae family, it is one of the Korean traditional medicinal plants as the roots have been used to treat diseases. In this study, the growth characteristics and active compound contents of C. officinale were compared among the different forest sites. As a result, root diameter and root length of L. chuanxiong was the highest in Jeongseon. Also, the fresh weight and dry weight of C. officinale were the highest in Jeongseon. The total content of active compound was 23.27㎎/g the highest in Bonghwa, and 21.59㎎/g in Jeongseon, 15.87㎎/g in Hamyang was accumulated. In this study compares three forest site for cultivating of C. officinale in different climate zone that the best site to product yield were Jeongseon. In this sites were located in higher altitute and lower temperature than other sites, also there were shown that lower soil moisture contents and well-drained soil. It was shown yield and active compound contents of C. officinale was influenced by micro-environment conditions like as altitude, temperature, soil conditions.